Farm & food prices · Prices farmers receive
Alfalfa hay: price received, marketing-year average: Pennsylvania
The average price farmers received per ton for alfalfa hay over each marketing year, from USDA's agricultural prices survey.
Up to dateYearly (marketing-year average). Last published Aug 31, 2026. Next expected April 2027.
The latest figures and how they have changed
Pennsylvania, 2025
$255 a ton
Up 6.3% from $240 in 2024
United States, 2025
$172 a ton
Down 1.7% from $175 in 2024
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What the numbers say
- Pennsylvania's price received is 1.5 times the US average.
- Since 2016 it has risen 39.3%, from $183 to $255 a ton.
Every figure behind this chart
| Year | Pennsylvania | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $255 | $172 |
| 2024 | $240 | $175 |
| 2023 | $247 | $225 |
| 2022 | $242 | $273 |
| 2021 | $229 | $216 |
| 2020 | $247 | $171 |
| 2019 | $226 | $179 |
| 2018 | $197 | $180 |
| 2017 | $177 | $154 |
| 2016 | $183 | $136 |
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Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Prices Survey. State and US estimates released Aug 31, 2026. Quick Stats item "HAY, ALFALFA - PRICE RECEIVED, MEASURED IN $ / TON". Retrieved Oct 20, 2026; snapshot 2026-10-20.1. Dollars as published, not adjusted for inflation. This product uses the NASS API but is not endorsed or certified by NASS.
What this measures
It is USDA's average for a whole marketing year, weighted by how much of it sold in each month of the marketing year, so it is not the average of the monthly prices.